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overshoot

Oat23 wrote: »

Harps could've had a penalty there in injury time. Ball seemed to come off Hoare's hand.

Never mind the pen... The ball was dropped right on boyd head Infront of goal...
He looks much better than his last stint with us, but isn't taking his chances.

Oat23

Drogs excellent tonight. We can't deal with the press and they are well worth their inevitable win. Losing Romeo & Buckley creates two huge holes in the team and we'll need to add another body or two next month.

kksaints

Good win for us, probably should have won by more, Longford are game but lacking in quality a bit. Coughlan's header was excellent, super cross also by Burns. Thought Lewis was a little unlucky with the penalty, he had a good game aside from that.

CSF

kksaints wrote: »

Good win for us, probably should have won by more, Longford are game but lacking in quality a bit. Coughlan's header was excellent, super cross also by Burns. Thought Lewis was a little unlucky with the penalty, he had a good game aside from that.

Is Burns doing well for you lads in general yeah?

kksaints

CSF wrote: »

Is Burns doing well for you lads in general yeah?

For a young player in his first full season he's been great. Has been out injured the last while but on the pitch he has performed. Very versatile aswell, he's played wing back and winger on both flanks.

CSF

kksaints wrote: »

For a young player in his first full season he's been great. Has been out injured the last while but on the pitch he has performed. Very versatile aswell, he's played wing back and winger on both flanks.

Coached him when he was younger, great young lad. Me being happy to see a Pats player do well is an entirely new phenomenon that I do not wish to repeat.

kksaints

CSF wrote: »

Coached him when he was younger, great young lad. Me being happy to see a Pats player do well is an entirely new phenomenon that I do not wish to repeat.

Join Us!! :D:D:D

If he keeps up his progression with us, he could easily be across the water in a few years time. Then you can claim all the credit for teaching him everything he knows about football!! :D:D

Dillonb3

Its looking like Chris Shields has agreed personal terms with Linfield. Shambles of a season continues

joeysoap

Hoban heading there too by all accounts

Ex Dundalk players with other other clubs


Ronan Finn - Shamrock Rovers
Sean Hoare - Shamrock Rovers
Sean Gannon - Shamrock Rovers
Stevie McDonnell - St Pats
John Mountney - St Pats
Robbie Benson - St Pats
Georgie Kelly -Bohs
Dane Massey - Drogheda
David Odumsu - Drogheda
Ronan Murray - Drogheda
Jamie McGrath - St Mirren
Dylan Connolly- St Mirren
Daryl Horgan - Wycombe
Jordan Flores- Hull
Ruaidhri Higgins - Derry City
Steve. Colcovic - some club in Belgrade ( qualified for Europa conference)
Christian Adorjan - only on loan
Mario Tajumbani- NFK Norway
Seannie Maguire- Preston

I know they are ex somewhere else to (Rovers, Pats Galway etc)and the list is not full.

artanevilla

Euro draws are tomorrow.

Chuck Noland

Dillonb3 wrote: »

Its looking like Chris Shields has agreed personal terms with Linfield. Shambles of a season continues

I’m shocked he’s leaving

Did he have a fall out?

topmanamillion

Chuck Noland wrote: »

I’m shocked he’s leaving

Did he have a fall out?

Presumably he and a few others (Hoban supposed to be going there too) are jumping before they are pushed.
Linfield have also been handing out long-term fulltime contracts for the last while which is much more attractive than the 1 year stuff Dundalk have been doing.
Peak are trimming the wage bill now and getting rid of the rest at the end of the year when they'll most likely bail out themselves.
Their new play thing is the Monaco Women's team.

GLaDOS

Shields leaving really is a barometer of how bad things have gotten.

hardybuck

Chuck Noland wrote: »

I’m shocked he’s leaving

Did he have a fall out?

Is he based up that neck of the woods or have I picked that up wrong?

If he is located up there the move makes a lot of sense. 10 years is a phenomenal amount of time to be involved with any club these days, particularly a LOI club.

Chuck Noland

hardybuck wrote: »

Is he based up that neck of the woods or have I picked that up wrong?

If he is located up there the move makes a lot of sense. 10 years is a phenomenal amount of time to be involved with any club these days, particularly a LOI club.

He’s from Dundalk.

Oat23

Chuck Noland wrote: »

He’s from Dundalk.

Shields is a Dub? He lives in the North.

Ohmeha

Shields definitely moved somewhere North of the border so no chance if he was leaving Dundalk the would sign again for most LOI clubs. He may be past his peak but it's crazy for Dundalk to let go his leadership, sinking ship that club well on the way resuming their battles with Cork in the near future

adaminho

https://twitter.com/FAIreland/status/1404443032087375874

Oat23

Ohmeha wrote: »

Shields definitely moved somewhere North of the border so no chance if he was leaving Dundalk the would sign again for most LOI clubs. He may be past his peak but it's crazy for Dundalk to let go his leadership, sinking ship that club well on the way resuming their battles with Cork in the near future

If the new Waterford owner invests a bit next month then things could get interesting but it'd be a huge shock.


Next season is a different story entirely. Dundalk could win the league or finish bottom depending on how things go over the winter.

hardybuck

Oat23 wrote: »

If the new Waterford owner invests a bit next month then things could get interesting but it'd be a huge shock.


Next season is a different story entirely. Dundalk could win the league or finish bottom depending on how things go over the winter.

Investment from the new owner has been promised, and experienced pros have been mentioned as the team is full of kids at the moment.

It's such a mad league and another mad season, so Waterford could finish mid table or they might finish bottom depending on signings and how many loanees they lose at the end of June.

Dillonb3

Dundalk paired with the following teams for tomorrow's draw:

FC Honka (Finland), Newtown AFC (Wales), Mosta (Malta), Racing Union Luxembourg, FC Struga (North Macedonia)

If we weren't in such a mess I'd be confident with any of these

artanevilla

TNS (fùck)
Stjarnan (Iceland)
Gzira United (Malta)
Europa FC (Gibraltar)

Four potentials for Bohs tomorrow. I'd fancy against everyone bar the Icelandic maybe though thats winnable as well. Can't complain.

Dillonb3

Sligo have a decent pairing as well. Coincidently two former opponents of Dundalk:

Ki Klasvik (Faroes), Bala Town (Wales), FH (Iceland), SLask Wroclaw (Poland)

If they can avoid the Polish side I'd fancy their chances against the rest

artanevilla

I think TNS (shudder) is best for us as we'd carry their seeding into the next round if we beat them.

joeysoap

Without Shields Dúndalk are sitting ducks.

Oat23

artanevilla wrote: »

I think TNS (shudder) is best for us as we'd carry their seeding into the next round if we beat them.

Correct. For Sligo it would be KI who we would have to beat to be seeded in Q2, but I don't know what to think of that. They smashed Tbilisi 6-1 last year before Dundalk beat them at the Aviva in the playoff.

The Polish side and FH are also dodgy draws so maybe a trip to Wales might be the best one to hope for! It's cheap to get to and a win would guarantee us €550k prize money.

Dillonb3

Rovers paired with:

Legia Warsaw, Malmo, Slovan Bratislava or Lincoln Red Imps

Obvious which one them they'll prefer

Pawwed Rig

hardybuck wrote: »

Is he based up that neck of the woods or have I picked that up wrong?

If he is located up there the move makes a lot of sense. 10 years is a phenomenal amount of time to be involved with any club these days, particularly a LOI club.

Lives in Bangor afaik

dreamers75

https://twitter.com/macdarabueller/status/1404472413656698880

dfx-

Dillonb3 wrote: »

Dundalk paired with the following teams for tomorrow's draw:

FC Honka (Finland), Newtown AFC (Wales), Mosta (Malta), Racing Union Luxembourg, FC Struga (North Macedonia)

If we weren't in such a mess I'd be confident with any of these

Finnish sides are best avoided, they are a minefield.

Dillonb3

It's back and Forth between Perth and Rogers for the Dundalk job tonight

joeysoap

No magilton? He’s a spoofer anyway.

Oat23

Oat23 wrote: »

It's not a good sign if your sporting director is being overruled by the owner when it comes to something as important as this.


If Perth returns and it is true about Magilton not wanting him, and he felt strongly about that, he'd probably walk away if there wasn't so much money on the line (4 year deal). He's being totally undermined by a guy who doesn't know anything about the sport.

Sounds messy whatever is going on. Peak6 v Magilton.

"Former Shelbourne defender Dave Rogers had been Magilton's pick to come in, initially as his assistant, but had looked set for the top job earlier on Monday after a meeting with club staff.
However, it appears that has been overruled Stateside by the club's American owners PEAK6 with Perth set to be re-instated soon."

Oat23

:pac:

https://twitter.com/FCTwenteBenson/status/1404537773839863813?s=19

Chuck Noland

Wtf is going on at Dundalk?

chopperbyrne

Rovers away first leg to Slovan Bratislava.

One of the worst draws possible from the choices for me.

damemcd

Warsaw, Malmo wouldve been as bad.......

joeysoap

The Slovan team that beat Dundalk are very beatable. Score was not reflective of the match In Tallaght. Dundalk could just as easily won that match. But you
A) can’t turn off for a second in Europe
miss a penalty

Both of which Dundalk did,

DvB

Last years team would have been in with a shout, this years less so IMO. Think it'll be the conference league for us after this tie.

joeysoap

damemcd wrote: »

Warsaw, Malmo wouldve been as bad.......

Bodo would have been difficult too. Any team that finishes ahead of Rosenberg or Molde has to be respected. They are currently league leaders as well.

artanevilla

Bohs and Sligo both going to Iceland.

Oat23

artanevilla wrote: »

Bohs and Sligo both going to Iceland.

Sligo Rovers v FH
Bohs v Stjarnan
Dundalk v Newtown


Both of us to Iceland and Dundalk to Wales.

Dillonb3

Best draw we could have hoped for. Easy enough to travel to

joeysoap

All 3 are winnable. Iceland’s teams notperforming at present, Newtown won the relegation group. But Dundalk are woeful too.

If Rovers are beaten by Slovan they got a bye to the 3rd round

kksaints

Not the worst draws for the 4 teams although Shams will more than likely be knocked out. Slovan aren't Legia or Malmo good but they'd be a good step up on the LOI. Both the Iceland teams look to be doing average enough this season so far and if Dundalk weren't the mess they currently are I'd be very confident of them progressing.

topmanamillion

Happy enough with FH. They've a few Iceland internationals and Gunnar Nielsen in goals and Steven Lennon are familiar names.
If we have Bolger, Buckley and Romeo on the pitch in Iceland we'll be a match for them.
Good to be back in Europe. Looking forward to it.

dfx-

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Rovers away first leg to Slovan Bratislava.

One of the worst draws possible from the choices for me.

Terrible draw - like Odds BK and Mlada Boleslav, for which Burke's goal aside, you'd forget the four games ever happened.

Nesta99

topmanamillion wrote: »

Happy enough with FH. They've a few Iceland internationals and Gunnar Nielsen in goals and Steven Lennon are familiar names.
If we have Bolger, Buckley and Romeo on the pitch in Iceland we'll be a match for them.
Good to be back in Europe. Looking forward to it.

I know Buckley wont underestimated them but they were a tricky enough side that 2016 Dundalk only beat on away goals. Im sure the team has changed since but Sligo will still have to be quick out of the traps not to be sucker punched.

Dillonb3

Chuck Noland wrote: »

Wtf is going on at Dundalk?

This post on orielweb fairly sums up the mess we're in

http://www.orielweb.com/dundalktalk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=10487

Salmon Leap

Dillonb3 wrote: »

This post on orielweb fairly sums up the mess we're in

http://www.orielweb.com/dundalktalk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=10487

Link not working?